A candidate vying for the role of Singapore’s national football coachis upset.

He is so upset that he may not be able to land the role that he wants to come to Singapore and organise a media conference to share what he has done before the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) decides on Singapore’s new national coach.

Singaporean football observers are amazed at how much Vieira seems to be posturing for the role of national coach though.

If he is the right person for the role, then he has nothing to worry about the best candidates are the ones who remain out of the media limelight and let the process take its course.

In statements made to The New Paper as a result of a story run on this portal, Vieira said: “I’m very upset by this report.

“I’ve never done that. It’s not my way. Wherever I’ve coached, everyone knows me as a gentleman. I have players who I have worked with since 1982 who still keep in touch with me.

“In our world, sometimes you have to be hard or soft with the players, depending on the situation. To be hard is one thing, to be impolite is another. I don’t do that.”

He was responding to a comment made to this portal by a senior official of a regional Football Association where he was previously employed, who said that Vieira was “verbally abusive”.

He also insisted that he was responsible for Iraq’s Asian Cup victory in 2007 and said “no Iraq coach has ever won the Asian Cup besides me.”